Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . ng the verdict of all men on him who sleepsbelow. The first marks the place where were laid the bones 557 558 Irelands Crown of Thorns and Roses of Father Peter ONeill, the poor priest the English Chris-tians flogged as a rebel through the streets of Cork in 98; andbeneath the other was buried the corpse of ONeill Crowley,who died on the slopes of Kilclooney Wood in 67, with anEnglish bullet in his heart. Facing the east, let
Ireland's crown of thorns and roses; or, The best of her history by the best of her writers, a series of historical narratives that read as entertainingly as a novel .. . ng the verdict of all men on him who sleepsbelow. The first marks the place where were laid the bones 557 558 Irelands Crown of Thorns and Roses of Father Peter ONeill, the poor priest the English Chris-tians flogged as a rebel through the streets of Cork in 98; andbeneath the other was buried the corpse of ONeill Crowley,who died on the slopes of Kilclooney Wood in 67, with anEnglish bullet in his heart. Facing the east, let into the base of a glorious Celtic cross,is a panel, on which is graven the brief record of a mans lifein the language of the country in which he lived and for whosefreedom he died; and when the sun dies amid the blood-redglory of the west it lights up the same record graven in thetongue of the men who slew him. Erected by the Irish People To the memory of the patriot, PETER ONEILL CROWLEY, Who was shot down by the British Soldiery whilst bravely fighting For his countrys independence At Kilclooney Wood, March 31, 1867, in the 35th year of his age. R. I.
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